Canada Outreach Award

The Outreach Award recognizes a Canadian organization, individual or team that has demonstrated sustained effort engaging the public in learning about chemistry and its impact on society.

Award Information

2024 Recipient - Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology

The Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST) enhances the presence and influence of women and girls in STEM fields—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—through education, volunteering, networking, mentorship, collaborative partnerships, and collective advocacy. SCWIST envisions a world where girls and women can freely pursue their interests, education, and careers in STEM without facing any barriers.

Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology, SCWIST

Nominations

The competition is open to any Canadian organization, team, or person who has continually raised the awareness of the chemistry industry from an educational perspective and those who have a principal objective to further the application of chemistry and related sciences into industry for the public benefit.

The Outcomes Panel would consider: 1) Length of time this program has been in effect; 2) Demonstrated outcome to audience; and 3) Impact to industry, Canada or global perspective.

Lecture Details

The award recognises a Canadian organisation, individual or team that has demonstrated sustained effort engaging the public in learning about chemistry and its impact on society.

The 2024 winner of the Canada Community Outreach Award are: Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST).

2023 Recipient - Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, Christiana Andersen and Rosalina Naqitarvik will collect the Outreach Award, which recognises a Canadian organisation, individual or team that has demonstrated sustained effort in engaging the public in learning about chemistry and its impact on society. Geoff (pictured), is Professor Emeritus at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL, and has always argued for the need to make chemistry accessible and understandable to the wider community. As part of this endeavour, for the past 20 years, Geoff has been taking Chemistry Outreach to grade school students in remote communities; in particular, the Inuit students in Nunatsiavut, Nunavut, and NunatuKavut.

Eligibility Criteria

    Background
    • Demonstrate the merits of good chemistry in the community with a sustained commitment to excellence in outreach and/or public communication
    • Impact to industry or community should be proven & evidence-based
    • The learnings can be focussed on adult or children’s learnings
    Career Stage
    • Open to all career stages
    Areas
    • Chemistry
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Health
    • Materials

Timetable

Frequency Annual
Nominations deadline 6 November

Additional Information

Code of Ethics for Members

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